In the army, the officers send the troops into the fight
Tell that to the 37000 JUNIOR Army Officers killed in WW1 !
The life expectancy of a Junior Officer was 6 weeks.
I was a Divisional Officer at Waddo in 1971 - not totally useless as visits to the line were always a break from playing Uckers in the crew room!
Taught me that I definitely did not have leadership qualities as I was far too soft and usually sided with the ‘erks’ against mainly idiot JENGOs !
The best place to meet ‘non aircrew ‘ and find out what was really going on ,on the station ,was on the sports field - where leaders became team captains ,but I think that Wednesday afternoon sports events have ended years ago ? A great pity!